May 2019

When the first Chemist Warehouse opened in Auckland, the discount pharmacy giant was tipped to swiftly dominate the New Zealand pharmacy market, as it has done in Australia where it has more than 400 stores. A year and a half later, there are five stores in Auckland, with a least one more opening soon

The next Budget will be announced on 30 May. For the first time, spending is to be prioritised using a wellbeing approach. We asked three sector leaders for their Budget 2019 wish lists

Seven pharmacies under the Nirvana umbrella have been slapped with a $92,500 fine for underpaying 13 trainee technicians

A Hawke's Bay pharmacy inviting families of asthmatic Māori and Pasifika children to take part in an “warrant of fitness” check led to 80 per cent of children improving their asthma control

Good health starts with what you eat, believes Dunedin pharmacist Chin Loh, who has opened two healthy lifestyle cafés alongside his pharmacies to “dispense” tasty, healthy food

Nearly 20 per cent of pharmacy customers making use of a digital skincheck service last summer were found to have moles or spots that needed a follow-up medical appointment

Get out and meet your Māori patients – at community events, sports days, fundraisers – it’s an opportunity to make a difference, writes Jilly Alexander

A pharmacist-led deprescribing pilot has prompted Canterbury DHB to get behind a new, three-year trial looking at how medication reviews can reduce frailty in older patients

Natural products manufacturers from around New Zealand congregated in Hamilton for their industry body’s annual conference

Having a sentient artificial copy of yourself to welcome customers to your website and answer all possible questions about your product seems like something from a science fiction novel